2014 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study Now Open

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Since 1999, Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, has annually recognized the nation’s Most Wired hospitals and health systems.

The Most Wired Survey is a benchmarking tool that looks at how hospitals and health systems are leveraging information technology to improve performance for value-based health care and implementing IT strategies essential for future delivery systems.

Chicago, IL (PRWEB)January 22, 2014

The 2014 Most Wired Survey is now open. Since 1999, Hospitals & Health Networks, the journal of the American Hospital Association, has annually recognized the nation’s Most Wired hospitals and health systems. Hospitals may also be named to the Most Improved and/or Most Wired—Small and Rural lists.

The Most Wired Survey is a benchmarking tool that looks at how hospitals and health systems are leveraging information technology to improve performance for value-based health care and implementing IT strategies essential for future delivery systems.

Participating hospitals and health systems are assessed based on progress in adoption, implementation and use of information technology in four critical areas:

Infrastructure

Business and Administrative Management

Clinical Quality and Safety (Inpatient/Outpatient Hospital)

Clinical Integration (Ambulatory/Physician/Community)

User ID codes and passwords have been emailed to all hospital CEOs and CIOs. Hospitals that need the ID and password resent or are experiencing problems accessing the survey can send an email to mostwired (at) healthforum (dot) com with the hospital’s name, city and state.

Hospitals that have unique IT projects may also compete for the Innovator Award application. A panel of hospital and information technology leaders will evaluate submissions based upon achievement of the business objective, innovation and uniqueness of concept, scope of solution and impact on the organization.

The annual survey link and the Innovator Award application are available at http://www.hhnmostwired.com. The deadline for submission is March 15, 2014.

About the Most Wired Survey

The 2014 Most Wired Survey is conducted in cooperation with the American Hospital Association, AT&T, McKesson Corporation, and the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).

The American Hospital Association (AHA) is the national organization that represents and serves all types of hospitals, health care networks, and their patients and communities. Close to 5,000 hospitals, health care systems, networks, other providers of care and 42,000 individual members come together to form the AHA.

AT&T is connecting health care in exciting, efficient new ways to help you enhance clinical collaboration, improve patient engagement and care outcomes, lower costs, and move to value-based care. AT&T ForHealthSM is developing and delivering advanced IT solutions in four areas: mHealth solutions; care collaboration and health information exchange platforms; telehealth solutions; and cloud-based services and applications. From health plans to hospitals to physician offices to patients’ homes, we’re connecting stakeholders across the continuum of care, using smart networks and mobile technologies that help create a healthier world.

McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 14th on the FORTUNE 500, is a leading health care services and information technology company dedicated to making the business of healthcare run better. We partner with payers, hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies and others across the spectrum of care to build healthier organizations that deliver better care to patients in every setting. McKesson helps its customers improve their financial, operational, and clinical performance with solutions that include pharmaceutical and medical-surgical supply management, healthcare information technology, and business and clinical services.

The College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME) is an executive organization dedicated to serving chief information officers and other senior healthcare IT leaders. With more than 1,400 CIO members and over 85 healthcare IT vendors and professional services firms, CHIME provides a highly interactive, trusted environment enabling senior professional and industry leaders to collaborate; exchange best practices; address professional development needs; and advocate the effective use of information management to improve the health and health care in the communities they serve.